Electric sadiron



July 2, 1946. B. G. oLvlNG ELECTRIC SADIRON- Filed Dec. 11', 1944 3 Sheets-Sheet lv July 2, 1946. B. G. oLviNG ELECTRIC SADIRON Filed Dec. ll, 1944 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. B. Gr. OL\/\ N Gf.

ATTORNEY July 2, 1946. B. G. oLvlNG ELECTRIC SADIRON Filed Dec.` l-l, 1944 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 AINVENTOR. BY OLvlNCT.

' AT1-ORN EY Patented July 2, 1946 am G. oivmg, Elgin, ni., assigner to-Mccnw Electric Company, Elgin, lll., a corporation of Delaware Application December 11, 1944, Serial No. 567,518 l l My invention relates to electric sad irons and cciaims.. (ciale-csr particularly to sole plates for electric sad irons.

An object of my invention is to provide a sole plate for an electric iron that shall have relatively small weight and relatively small thermal storage capacity.

Another object of my invention is to provide a sole plate for an electric iron that shall cause some of the heat of the electric heating means to reach directly and act upon thev work being ironed.

Another object of my invention is to provide a sole plate for an electric iron that shall effect dual heat transmission to the work being ironed, namely by heat conducted by the sole plate and by heat radiated directly /against the work.

' Another object of my invention is to provide a sole plate for an electric iron, that has an extremely quick responseto thermostat demand.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a vertical, longitudinal, sectional view through an electric iron, taken on the line I-I of Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the sole plate with the heating elements attached thereto,

Fig. 3 is a partial longitudinal, sectional view therethrough, taken on the line 3--3 of Fig. 2,

Fig. 4 is a vertical, lateral, sectional view therethrough, taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 5 is a vertical, lateral, sectional view therethrough, taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 6 is a vertical, lateral, sectional view therethrough, taken on the line 6-3 of Fig. 1,

, Fig. 'I is a vertical, lateral, sectional view therethrough, taken on the line 1 1 of Fig. l,

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary, horizontal, sectional view therethrough, taken on the line 8-9 of Fig.

tral rib I5 up 'to within a vertical, peripheral shoulder J9. The sole plate vI3 is provided also with an upstanding boss 2l integral with the central rib I5 at the forward end portion thereof. I provide further a central, upstanding boss 23,

which is also integral with the central rib I5.

Instead of slots I1, I may also use a plurality of openings in sole plate I3.`

I provide a pair of heating elements 25 and 21 of substantially rod shape, which heating elements extend substantially longitudinally of the iron; and while I prefer to use heating elements ber 29 of substantiallyL-shape having the horizontally extending portion thereof secured against the upper surface of the relatively short lug 2I by a screw 3l, a pair of washers 33 of electric-insulating material being provided to electrically insulate the metallic member 29 from the sole plate I3. Member 29 is of substantially Yshape, with indentations in the upper end portions of the prongs to receive the. conical end portions of resistors 25 and 21. I provide a pair of supports 35 and 31,. which are each of substantially L-shape and are held in proper operative position by short machine screws 39 and 4I, screwed into, but electrically insulated from the rear end portion of the sole plate I3 and vspaced apart laterally from the central rib I5. If the heating elements 25 and 21 are made ofcarbonaceous material, I may metalize the end portions so as to provide good current-conducting engagement between the members 29,35, and 31 and the end portions of the heating elements 25 and 21.

I provide also a two-part reflector 43which is held in proper operative position above the heating elements 25 and 21 by a vshort machine screw 45, which has screw-threaded engagement with the lug 23. I provide a washer 41 of heat-insulating material between a bracket 49 of substantially L-shape in section and the reector 43. The reflector 43 is provided with two substantially horizontally-extending concave lobes or parts, which are of substantially parabolic shape in lateral section and the heating elements 25 and 21 occupy the focal points of said parts. The shoulder I9 is provided with an inner recess 5I, and the lower, outer, peripheral edge of the reflector 43 is adapted to be held in close operative engagement with the sole plate by the screw 45 when the same is properly tightened up against the washer 41 and the bracket 49. j

I provide also a bimetal bar 53, which has one end, namely the forward or inner end. secured to the rear end portion of the central rib I5 by a rivet 55. A cover member 51 is also secured tothe central rib I5 by amachinc screw 55 and amalis 3 covers substantially the greater portion of the length of bimetal bar 53, or at least that portion thereof which is subject to direct radiant heat from the heating elements 25 and 21.

The bimetal bar 53 is adapted to actuate the upper of two contact bars, namely contact bar 59, which has one end thereof insulatedly secured against a bracket 6l as by a short machine screw 63. A second contact bar 65 is also provided and is held by screw 63, a plate 51 ci electric-insulating material being located between the two contact bars 59 and S5, a second plate, of electric-insulating material, being located between the bottom surface of contact bar 65 and bracket 6l and a third plate, or electric-insulatling material insulating the head or screw B3 from the upper contact arm 59. The bimetal bar 53 operatively engages the upper contact bar 59, actuating the same by a short rod or bar SB of electric-insulating material, which is suitably secured to the upper contact bar 59. An opening is provided in the lower contact bar 65,

through which the rod 6B may extend. Contact v bar B5 is biased in a clockwise direction, as seen in Fig. '1, so that it will be and remain in engagement with the upper contact bar 59 until the same has been moved out of engagement with the lower contact arm 65 by a flexing of the bimetal bar 53 upwardly away from the sole plate when the latter is heated. Means for adjusting the temperature of the sole plate i3 com prise a lever arm 1|, which is pivotally mounted on a bracket 'I3 secured against the under surface of a casing 15 and having a biasing spring 11 causing said arm 1I` `to be biased in a clockwise direction, whereby a rod 1B ot electric-insulating material, having its upper end secured to the rear end of arm 1l, will extend through an opening in the upper contact bar 59 into engagement with the intermediate portion of the lower contact bar 65.

Means for adjusting arm Il comprise a rod Bl extending through an opening in a iront handle support 83 comprising a part or a handle structure 85, including also a rear handle support B1. The adjusting rod Blhas an upper, substantially circular adjusting knob 8S iixed thereon and has screw-threaded engagement with a metallic insert 8l in the lower end portion of the front handle support I3. Rod 8l is adaptedto operatively engage the iront end portion or arm 1|, so that it may pivotally adjust arm 1i on its pivot in bracket 13, whereby the operating temperature o! sole plate il may be adjusted and varied as may be desired.

The handle structure Il is secured against the casing 15 as by a plurality oi.' forward short machine screws DI, as well as by. a pair ofshort machine screws al engaging the lower handle support B1. A bracket l1 or substantially L- shape is secured by the screws Il against the under surface of casing 1l and has a paire! spaced openings therein adapted to receive a pair of forwardly-extending lugs'll constituting a part of bracket Il. I provide further a bracket Inl, which is o! substantially inverted U-shape having its lower, outer ends secured against the rear end portion of sole plate I3 as by a pair of machine screws l". Bracket li has a pair of upstanding spaced lugs lill, through which a pair o! short-machine screws lll `may extend and have screw-threaded engagement with a pair of brackets lll, each ot substantially L- shape and secured to the outer or upper-surface Sli of casing 15 as by short machine screws to hold the casing 15 in proper operative position.

l provide a twin conductor oord, comprising conductors lll and H3, which extends into the rear handle support from the right hand side thereof, as seen when looking at the rear end oi? the iron, and conductor lli is adapted to be connected to the lower contact bar by a short machine screw H5. Contact bar 59 is adapted to he connected by a conductor Ill to the rear end portion of heating element 21, while the rear end portion of heating element 25 is adapted to be connected with conductor H3.

It is evident that the heat storage capacity of the relatively thin sole plate is relatively small and that it cannot store up any appreciable amount of heat therein. It is further evident that since the area of the slots or openings I1 is on the order of one-half of the total area of surface of the ironing surface of the sole plate, substantially one-half oi the heat generated :in the heating elements 25 and 21, which are operated at a temperature to generate radiant heat, will reach the goods o1' work being ironed directly and will penetrate and cause rapid drying of the moisture underneath the outer, upper surface of the work engaged by the ironing surface of the sole plateu The temperature of the ironing surface of the sole plate will also follow the adjustments effected by turning the adjusting knob t9, very quickly and Without any appreciable time delay.

Various modifications may be made in the de vice embodying my inventlonwithout departing from the spirit and scope thereof, and all such modifications coming clearly within the scope of the appended claims shall 'be considered a part of rny invention.

I claim as my invention:

l. An electric sad iron comprising a relatively thin sole plate having a plurality of openings therein, the area of said openings being on the order oi' one-haii that of the sole plate, a plurality of electric heating elements, of rod shape, thereabove and a reflector over said heating elements.

2, An electric sad iron comprising a relatively thin light weight sole plate having a plurality of laterally-extending slots therein, the total area of said slots being on the order of one-half that of the sole plate, a plurality of electric heating elements, of rod shape. thereabove and a single reflector over said heating elements.

3. An electric sad iron comprising a relatively thin light weightl sole plate having a plurality of laterally-extending slots therein, the total area of said slots being on the order of one-half that ot said sole plate, a plurality of electric heating elements, 0I rod shape, thereabove, a single metallic reflector over said heating elements having its lower edge in engagement with an upper surface of said sole plate and means operatively engaging said sole plate for holding said reiiector in close engagement with said sole plate.

4. An electric sad iron comprising a relatively thin metal sole plate, having a plurality of laterally-extending slots therein and a shouldered raised peripheral portion, a plurality oi electric heating elements, of rod shape, extending substantially longitudinally of the iron, thereabove, a single reflector over said heating elements having a plurality of parabolic surfaces and having its outer, lower, circumferential edge in close engagement with said shouldered portion, a single upstanding lug centrally oi the sole plate ci such height that the rod-shaped heating elements are surfaces therein and having its outer lower circumferential edge in close engagement with said sole plate, a single upstanding lug centrally of the sole plate and means engaging said upstanding lug for holding said rei'iector in close engagement with the sole plate.

6. An electric sad iron comprising a relatively thin light-Weight sole plate having a solid longitudinally-extending central rib and a plurality of slots extending laterally from said central rib, a pair of electric heating elements, of rod shape extending substantially longitudinally of the sole plate above said slots, said heating elements being operated at a temperature to generate radiant heat, a single reector over said heating elements having a pair of parabolic reecting surfaces therein to reiiect substantially all of the radiant heat reaching them from the heating units` against the sole plate and the work therebeneath, a. single upstanding lug in said central ri-b and means engaging said lug for holding the lower edge of said reector in close engagement with said sole plate.

BROR G. OLVING. 

